all you need these days is an internet connection for TV movies interesting shows all when you want to see them. Get rabbit ears for the digital signal that comes over the air. The digital signal is more clear than the cable connection. And you don’t have to pay to watch infomercials

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posted on 08/02/2013 10:34:35 PM PDT
by gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)

Actually, the problem is that the local CBS station wants MORE $$ from the cable company under a FCC authorized scheme called retransmission consent, where the cable systems has to pay the station a fee on a per subscriber basis.

CBS has little to negotiate IMHO. What good programming do they have? I don’t know the last time I even watched that network. I think I have watched a couple of episodes of “Blue Bloods” on demand, but no live tv on CBS for years.

“Does it work OK with a digital adapter? I was thinking of buying one when my TV contract expires.”

Couple of web sites for you to check: http://antennaweb.org or http://tvfool.com. They will help you to determine the size of antenna you would need at your location to receive stations, and how many stations you should expect.

If you have an older analog set you will need a analog to digital converter. From the wikipedia, here were the dates established by the FCC which mandated tuners in television sets:

The FCC has issued the following mandates for devices entering the US:[1][2][3] By July 1, 2005 all televisions with screen sizes over 36 inches (91 cm) must include a built-in ATSC DTV tuner By March 1, 2006 all televisions with screen sizes over 25 inches (64 cm) must include a built-in ATSC DTV tuner By March 1, 2007 all televisions regardless of screen size, and all interface devices that include a tuner (VCR, DVD player/recorder, DVR) must include a built-in ATSC DTV tuner.

I would never notice. See-BS hasn’t been on any of my TV screens since Dan Rather destroyed his decades-long career telling lies in his failed attempt to influence a national election. I don’t watch NBC either. And I can’t think of anything I watch on ABC.

Verizon sucks too. My FIOS internet monthly fees have tripled since about 2005 when I first got it here. Oh they upped the MBPS speed a little bit but whoopty doo—still gouging me. I’d drop it if I didn’t use it for business and my CPA uses it for a tax deduction on my returns.

CBS will be back. It’s the annual “Let the viewers do our negotiating for us” season. TWC wanting its customers to negotiate a better contract for them. Don’t realize, I guess, that couldn’t care less if 98% of their channels left town.

I believe it's actually the other way around. CBS is demanding TWC pay 600% more to carry it's programming. while I'm no fan of TWC or CBS I think it's kinda of a steep increase for programming that's available at no charge to over the airwaves viewers.

The "fees" are not being levied by TWC. It's CBS that wants a lot more money in the new contract, so CBS are the ones demanding a lot more "fees".

This headline is wrong - Time Warner doesn’t drop the channel, the channel drops Time Warner.

I guess these are the CBS owned stations rather than affiliates. That would make it difficult for Time Warner to do what is has done in the past - port in an affiliate from another market of the same network into the channel slot the station that pulled so customers barely known the difference and put the squeeze the local affiliate trying to get more money out of them...the only thing different is seeing commercials for businesses local to another market and the “local” news for another market.

There’s really no such thing as a “digital” antenna...just an antenna. The old rabbit ears or rooftop antenna are just as effective as any new “digital” antenna. Unfortunately digital signals are not as strong as the analog signals - either you have the channel, or not at all...on analog even if it is snowy or not entirely in focus, it is still quite watchable. No in between with digital...and the farther you are from the transmitter, the less change you have of getting the station...some now are forced to get cable or not have TV.

I thought there was a requirement that cable systems carry local channels. Not so much federal law but a local requirement by municipalities for the company to continue to operate its franchise in the town, city, county...

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posted on 08/03/2013 4:42:36 AM PDT
by xkaydet65
(.You have never tasted freedom, else you would know, it is purchased not with gold but with steel)

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